Recording device

Abstract

A recording device includes a head, a main body portion, a carriage provided with the head and configured to be able to reciprocate along a guide shaft, and an ink tube configured to supply ink to the head from an ink accommodating portion disposed at the main body portion. The carriage includes a guided portion supported by the guide shaft, a tube holding unit attached to the guided portion and configured to hold the ink tube, and a head placement portion where the head is disposed, the head placement portion being attached to the guided portion. An attachment portion where the tube holding unit is attached to the guided portion includes a displacement portion configured such that the tube holding unit is displaced relative to the guided portion when external force equal to or greater than a threshold value acts on the tube holding unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A recording device comprising:
 a head configured to discharge ink on a recording medium; 
 a main body portion provided with a guide shaft; 
 a carriage provided with the head and configured to reciprocate along the guide shaft; 
 a transport section that transports the recording medium in a first direction that is a transport direction of the recording medium and that is orthogonal to a second direction along the guide shaft that is a movement direction of the carriage; and 
 an ink tube having a one-end side coupled to an ink accommodating portion disposed at the main body portion, the ink tube being configured to supply ink to the head, wherein 
 the carriage includes: 
 a guided portion supported by the guide shaft; 
 a tube holding unit attached to the guided portion and configured to hold another-end side of the ink tube; and 
 a head placement portion at which the head is disposed, the head placement portion being attached to the guided portion, and 
 an attachment portion where the tube holding unit is attached to the guided portion includes a displacement portion configured such that the tube holding unit is displaced relative to the guided portion in the first direction when external force equal to or greater than a threshold value acts on the tube holding unit. 
 
     
     
       2. The recording device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the tube holding unit is in contact with the guided portion at a contact portion having a flat top end, and the contact portion has a curved shape portion protruding as a curved surface from a base end to the top end. 
 
     
     
       3. The recording device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the displacement portion includes: 
 a shaft member coupling the tube holding unit to the guided portion in a displaceable manner; and 
 an elastic member where elastic force acts such that the tube holding unit is not displaced relative to the guided portion. 
 
     
     
       4. The recording device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the shaft member is configured to be displaced in an extending direction. 
 
     
     
       5. The recording device according to  claim 4  comprising:
 a plurality of the shaft members, wherein 
 a displacement amount of each of the shaft members differs from each other. 
 
     
     
       6. The recording device according to  claim 3  comprising:
 a plurality of the elastic members, wherein 
 elastic force of each of the elastic members differs from each other. 
 
     
     
       7. The recording device according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the ink tube is passed through the tube holding unit from a first direction, and 
 elastic force of each of the elastic members is set such that elastic force of a second elastic member provided at a side opposite to the first direction is higher than elastic force of a first elastic member provided at a side of the first direction. 
 
     
     
       8. The recording device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the carriage includes a plurality of the tube holding units each configured to hold the ink tube from the first direction. 
 
     
     
       9. The recording device according to  claim 1 , wherein the tube holding unit displaces in the first direction and in the second direction. 
     
     
       10. A recording device comprising:
 a head configured to discharge ink on a recording medium; 
 a main body portion provided with a guide shaft; 
 a carriage provided with the head and configured to reciprocate along the guide shaft; and 
 an ink tube having a one-end side coupled to an ink accommodating portion disposed at the main body portion, the ink tube being configured to supply ink to the head, wherein 
 the carriage includes: 
 a guided portion supported by the guide shaft; 
 a tube holding unit attached to the guided portion and configured to hold another-end side of the ink tube; and 
 a head placement portion at which the head is disposed, the head placement portion being attached to the guided portion, and 
 an attachment portion where the tube holding unit is attached to the guided portion includes a displacement portion configured such that the tube holding unit is displaced relative to the guided portion when external force equal to or greater than a threshold value acts on the tube holding unit, 
 wherein the tube holding unit is in contact with the guided portion at a contact portion having a flat top end, and the contact portion has a curved shape portion protruding as a curved surface from a base end to the top end.